College Football Teams in 1890

1890 was the twenty-second college football season in the United States. Name all of the teams that played.

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Colorado Football Association
Team	Current Conference
Colorado	Big 12
Colorado College	SCAC (D-III, no FB team)
Colorado Mines	RMAC (D-II)
Denver	Summit League (D-I, no FB team)

Eastern Intercollegiate Football Association
Team	Current Conference
Amherst	NESCAC (D-III)
Bowdoin	NESCAC (D-III)
Dartmouth	Ivy League
MIT	NEWMAC (D-III)
Williams	NESCAC (D-III)

Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Team	Current Conference
Butler	Pioneer League (FCS)
DePauw	North Coast (D-III)
Earlham	Heartland (D-III, no FB team)
Hanover	Heartland (D-III)
Indiana	Big Ten
Indiana State Normal	MVFC (FCS)
Purdue	Big Ten
Rose Polytechnic	Heartland (D-III)
Wabash	North Coast (D-III)

Independents
Team	Current FBS Conference
Army	American
California	ACC
Cincinnati	Big 12
Delaware	Conference USA
Illinois	Big Ten
Iowa	Big Ten
Kansas	Big 12
Massachusetts Agricultural College	MAC
Michigan	Big Ten
Minnesota	Big Ten
Missouri	SEC
Navy	American
Nebraska	Big Ten
Northwestern	Big Ten
Ohio State	Big Ten
Penn State	Big Ten
Rutgers	Big Ten
Syracuse	ACC
Trinity College (NC)	ACC
Vanderbilt	SEC
Virginia	ACC
Washington	Big Ten
Western University of Pennsylvania	ACC
Wisconsin	Big Ten

Independents
Team	Current NAIA Conference
Baker University	Heart of America (NAIA)
Doane	Great Plains (NAIA)

Independents
Team	Status
Columbian University (DC)	Atlantic 10 (D-I, no FB team)
NYU	UAA (D-III, no FB team)
University of Nashville	closed
Team	Current FCS Conference
Brown	Ivy League
Bucknell	Patriot League
Colgate	Patriot League
Columbia	Ivy League
Cornell	Ivy League
Fordham	Patriot League
Furman	SoCon
Georgetown	Patriot League
Harvard	Ivy League
Lafayette	Patriot League
Lehigh	Patriot League
Penn	Ivy League
Princeton	Ivy League
Richmond	CAA
Yale	Ivy League

Independents
Team	Current D-II Conference
Washburn	MIAA

Independents
Team	Current D-III Conference
Franklin & Marshall	Centennial
Geneva	Presidents'
Johns Hopkins	Centennial
Lake Forest	Midwest Conference
Ohio Wesleyan	North Coast
Springfield YMCA	NEWMAC
Tufts	NESCAC
Washington (MO)	CCIW
Washington & Jefferson	Presidents'
Wesleyan (CT)	NESCAC
Western Reserve	Presidents'